First Comes Love...
Disclaimer: I don't own Passions etc.
Chapter 2
My Girl
Theresa woke, Fox's arms wrapped protectively around her stomach as she lay on her back. She knew she could most likely stay in that position forever but she knew that she'd have to get up eventually. She couldn't believe that she was going to officially spend the rest of her life with this man.
She was truly happy loving him, he never held high expectations for her unlike Ethan who wanted her to be perfect and had to later find out the hard way that she wasn't. She smiled and slowly got up. Walking towards the mirror she gazed at herself blankly. She couldn't help but feel fat.
She sighed as she looked at herself from a sideways glance. She wasn't showing much but she was starting to have a slight bulge and she knew soon she would have to start shopping for maternity clothes. She let out a heavy sigh before feeling the gentle strength of Fox's arms encase her into a gentle but loving hug.
"Fox do you think I look fat?" She asked. "T.Lo. you could never look fat honey, and this.." He said rubbing her stomach. "Is beautiful." Theresa smiled. "I love you Fox, you always now how to make a girl smile." "Especially when you're my girl." He said grinning. Then he laughed as he broke into song swinging Theresa's hands before spinning her around. "My girl, my girl, my girl, talking bout mmyyy giiirrrll, my girl."
"Now I know why you don't like singing much." She said laughing adding a false grimace to emphasize her joke. "Ha ha ha Theresa but I'm just letting you know that you'll always be my girl." And just as he was about to break out into song again, Theresa put a finger to his lips. "Just kiss me Fox." She said placing her arms around his neck.
He leaned in and placed a soft kiss on her lips. When they broke apart he kept his forehead on hers and whispered. "I got sunshine on a cloudy day, when it's cold outside I've got the month of may, I guess you'd say what can make me feel this way my girl, my girl, my girl..." He sang in a quite whisper as they slow danced in place to music that only they could hear.
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Theresa and Whitney walked along the sidewalk opposite some small shops in the Harmony square. "Oh Theresa honey, I'm so happy for you, your finally settling down and quitting that awful troublemaking life that you were leading before." Said Whitney taking a sip of her coffee. "Ha ha Whit, the only reason I use to make trouble was because I was obsessed with Ethan and now I'm not and I'm over it ok."
"Yeah well now that Ethan's in prison there's no way you can cause him any more trouble." "Whitney please, I never told Ethan our gave him the slightest hint that I wanted to be kidnapped and almost killed." She said in frustration. "Ethan made that choice not me." "But Theresa you might as well have, I mean no offence but you chased after him and caused him so much heartache that it practically drove him into insanity."
Theresa rolled her eyes, she couldn't believe that her own friend was actually blaming her for what had happened to Ethan. "Whit I thought you were my friend-" "I am your friend Theresa." "Then why are you taking Ethan's side instead of mine?" "Can you seriously blame me? I mean he's in prison right now and he'll be there for three years, three years Theresa, that's three years taken out of his life."
"So what exactly are you saying? Would you rather me dead then Ethan in prison?!" Said Theresa seething. "No honey, calm down, that's not what I meant." "Then what did you mean?" Theresa said stopping and folding her arms across her chest. "I just meant that he shouldn't be there, I never wanted anything bad happen to you but you have to admit that you did play a role in all of that happening."
"You know what Whit, sometimes I don't even know who's side you're on, anyway I should go.. I have a lot of things to prepare for." Said Theresa, running her hand through her long hair. "Alright honey, I guess I'll see you later." Said Whitney, walking towards the bus stop. Theresa let out a sigh, she loved Whitney but sometimes it seemed that she would rather take other's sides besides hers.
Theresa walked further down the street to her parked car. Once she was in and she had started the ignition she was on her way back home. Charity was suppose to meet her there in another hour with sketches for her gown. She was soon cruising down the street towards her home.
Once she pulled into the driveway she switched off the ignition. She sat in silence for a moment as she stared at her home. She looked down at her hand with a smile. Her ring finger was adorned with a simple, square cut, pink diamond. She thought back to the day that Fox had proposed to her.
The living room full of flowers, a warm smoldering fire in the fireplace. She sighed as she took her keys and finally stepped out of her car. The gravel crunched under her boots as she walked towards her front door.
...... FLASHBACK......
"Will you Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald do me the honor of becoming my wife?" He said opening the box to reveal a beautiful square cut pink diamond ring. "Will you marry me?" He asked hope and fear shinning in his eyes. Theresa was speechless. She didn't know what to say so she reached out and pulled him into a tight hug.
She kissed him and then slowly looked into his eyes. "So... does that mean yes?" He asked. "Of course it does Fox... I love you." She said kissing him lightly. Fox pulled away from her and took the ring from the box before placing it on her finger.
...... FLASHBACK END......
She couldn't help but blush as she thought of how lucky she was to have him in her life. And how he had saved her in the past. From almost falling off a cliff, falling through thin ice, to being kidnapped by Ethan.. Fox was just truly heaven sent. As she looked for her house key she heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes.
"Who's there?" She asked a little frightened. A calico cat jumped out of the shrubs and sat at her feet. "Oh you scared me." She said looking down at the cat. She noticed that there was no collar around it's neck. "Are you lost?" She asked bending down. She scratched him behind the ears.
"I guess I can look after you for awhile until we find your owner." She said giggling as it purred and began to rub up against her legs. She stood and quickly opened the door, letting the cat run in ahead of her.
Theresa placed her coat in the closet next to the door and her keys on a small table opposite. She walked into the kitchen, the cat close at her heels. She went and grabbed a tuna can from one of the cupboards.
"Now where did I put that can opener?" She said before pulling open a few draws to find it. Finally she found it and went straight to opening the can. She placed the tuna in a bowl and placed it on the floor. Theresa took a seat at the table and watched the cat hungrily lap at the tuna.
"I guess I'm going from picking out a baby name to choosing a name for a cat." She was trying to think of a name for him just as the doorbell rang. "I guess that's Charity." Said Theresa. She strode over to the front door and opened it. Surprisingly Charity wasn't standing on the other end of the door.
There stood a man close to Fox's height with jet black hair. She couldn't quite see his eyes since they were hidden behind a pair of black sunglasses. He looked her up and down before removing them with a smile. He took her hand in his and placed a small kiss on it. She laughed.
"Are you one of Fox's friends?" She asked. He gave her a confused look though his smile never left his strong handsome face. "Yeah, I'm Dylan." "Oh Fox told me about you, come in." She said, moving to let him pass. She walked towards the couch, Dylan not too far behind. He smirked as he watched her walk to the sofa. 'Now I see why Fox wanted to settle down.'
"Well I hope whatever he said was good." "No of course he did." She said sitting down. He sat down as well. "Well Fox isn't really home at the moment but he should be back in a few hours, you could always leave and come back later or I guess you could always keep me company if you'd like." "Sure, I've never turned down the company of a beautiful woman." He said smirking.
Theresa laughed. "Oh my God you are so much like Fox its not even funny." "Yes I kind of get that a lot." He said laughing a little himself. "Would you like anything to drink, a soda, a beer, water?" She asked. "A beer sounds good." "Alright I'll be back." She said standing. She walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge.
Grabbing a beer she was about to turn and head back to the living room but the phone rang. Theresa let out an exasperated sigh as she put the beer down and walked over to the phone. "Hello?" She asked as she spoke into the receiver. "Hello, may I speak to Theresa?" Asked a heavily accented voice. "This is she.. Paloma?" "Yes, Theresa I just wanted to say that I don't think I can come to Harmony.. I don't have enough money and I don't think I could make enough in the time before your wedding."
"Oh Paloma.. don't worry about it. I'll send you the money, I love you and I would love it if you were here and especially now I think it should be easier since you're out of school." "I wouldn't ask you to send me money-" "Nonsense I mean it's not a problem, I want you here." Just then the doorbell rang. "Paloma can you hold on for just a second." She said pulling away from the phone.
"Dylan, can you please get that for me?" Called Theresa. "No problem." He said getting up from the couch. He walked towards the front door and pulled it open. "Hello." Said the woman on the other end of the door. "I'm Charity." She said shacking his hand. "Dylan.. I'm a friend of Fox." "Really? Well I'm here for Theresa, I ah have some designs for her wedding gown that I prepared for her." She said motioning to the designs in her hand.
"Are you a designer?" "He asked. "Somewhat of an amateur really but Theresa's been so kind as to give me a chance to do this for her." "Charity, you're here." Said Theresa walking into the room. "Yes I brought over the designs I practically stayed up all night coming up with these."
"Well you sure were fast, I seriously can't thank you enough." She said smiling. She handed Dylan his beer before taking a seat with Charity. "Ok so this is what I came up with." She said pulling out her sketches. "These are the three main designs that I came up with on such sort notice so I hope there good enough." She said handing the sketches to Theresa.
"This first dress is made of satin, this is an off the shoulder bustier bodice laced at the back accented with roses at the shoulder and a draped skirt that should flow over your legs possibly taking eyes off of your stomach." "Oh it's gorgeous Charity, you have an amazing talent." "Thank you." She said blushing a little. Dylan stood behind the couch looking over Theresa's shoulder.
"Yeah your designs are amazing I could truly see a future for you in design." He said while taking a sip of his beer. "Thank you Dylan.. Do you really think so?" "Yeah I mean they are very good." "Thank you." She said blushing a little more. "Ok so design two is a little bit different its an English Net A-line gown with spaghetti straps with a beaded schiffli lace over the gown to the hemline which is accented with some beading."
"I'm speechless Charity." Said Theresa her eyes wide from staring at the design. "Well I'm glad that you like it, now last but not least dress number three." She said. "Ok so this dress would be a little more difficult to make compared to the other two but I think it can be worth it." "Oh my God this is amazing." Said Theresa a little breathlessly.
"See the crystals, pearls, floral beading and an illusion band enhance the satin bodice with a beaded halter spaghetti strap. The Basque waist and the layered French tulle skirt is sprinkled with pearls and sequins throughout the extended train." "I love it I don't know how I'll ever decide." "Well I'll give you a day to decide and you can tell me as soon as you can tomorrow." "That'd be great. " "Alright that sounds like a plan.. though I should probably start looking for the materials needed to make these dresses for the bride's maids."
She said getting up. "Thank you so much Charity." Theresa said hugging her. "It's no problem Theresa." She said before leaving. "Wow, she seemed nice and she has quite a talent." Said Dylan sitting on the couch. The cat jumping up onto his lap. "Yeah she's a really sweet girl."
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Theresa and Dylan talked for a few hours before Fox came back from work. "He didn't.." Said Theresa covering her mouth to suppress a laugh. "No he really did and before we knew it we had free board for little over a month." Theresa burst into laughter.
She brought a tissue to her eyes, some of the stories Dylan had told her had made her laugh so hard that it had brought tears to her eyes. "So I know Fox e-mailed me about you a few times but he never really went into much detail.. How exactly did you two meet?"
"Well we had both met when we both had thought that I was married to his father Julian." "Yeah why did you marry that old bag of bones when your too beautiful a woman to give up everything for him even if he's loaded?" "At the time before we were married I was involved with Fox's half brother Ethan and I made this stupid mistake where Ethan's paternity was revealed, that he wasn't a true Crane, I went to Bermuda to ask Julian to adopt him back into his family but to make a long story short he got me drunk, married and pregnant."
"Wait, he got you pregnant?" He said cringing. "Seriously that man should get some sort of surgery (I know that there is a specific name for it, my dad had the surgery but I felt way too lazy to actually look it up) to make sure there aren't any more little Julians running around." Theresa laughed a little.
"Anyway I landed up having a miscarriage and Fox was there to comfort me. When Julian knew I had lost the baby he quickly filed for divorce, Fox decided I needed a vacation when the man I thought I loved decided to marry a woman named Gwen, he'd been hurt when he found out that I was married to Julian and carrying his child."
"Wait a quick second here.. he decided to marry Gwen after you tried to help him back into the Crane family and I'm sure you didn't quite choose to sleep with Julian, right?" "Right, I didn't even know until I saw the ring on my finger and saw him lying beside me, the whole time I was with Julian I thought I was with Ethan."
The door soon opened, revealing Fox. A surprised look crossed his face before he said anything. "Who are you and what are you doing with my Fiancée?"
A/N: I know evil cliffy but I couldn't help it. Sorry it took so long for this update but I just finished my finals at school and before that I had no time, sorry. I hope you liked this chapter and I'll try my best to get the next chapter up soon. Thanks to those who reviewed and I hope you review again, I'd really appreciate it.
Here is were I ask your opinion again. Ok so in Charity's sketches which dress did you like the best? Votes on baby names are still open and I guess that poll will close by the 4th chapter. The dress poll will go on until I think I have enough reviews for those. So tell me what you think.
You can just vote on your fav. dress by number.
1) Satin off-shoulder bustier bodice laced at the back accented with roses at the shoulder, draped skirt.
2) English Net A- line gown with spaghetti straps, beaded schiffli lace over gown to hemline is accented with beading
3) Crystals, pearls, floral beading and an illusion band enhance the satin bodice with a beaded halter spaghetti strap and Basque waist, layered French tulle skirt is sprinkled with pearls and sequins throughout the extended train.
The choice is yours. = P